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B. 0. WALKER.

CAMERA.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 4, 1907.

910,750. Patented Jan. 56, 1909.

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CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1907.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

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BERTRAM O. WALKER, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

CAIEERA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTRAM O. WALKER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of lVashingto'n, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cameras, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to cameras, and one of the principal objects of thesame is to provide simple and reliable means for making a number of exposures u on a single plate by means of a reversible slide having an exposure opening thereon, and adapted to bemoved horizontally across the plate at the top and then reversed for moving across the bottom of theplate. v

Another object of the invention is to provide a camera back with a guideway through which slides may be passed from either side, the slides being reversible so that the exposure opening may be disposed at the top or ottom of the plate to form a series of pictures thereon, while a separate plate having a centrally disposed opening may be utilized or making exposures in a line horizontally central to the plate.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a camera back made in accordance with my invention, and showing an exposure slide mounted therein. Fig. 2 is a.rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sec-.

tion of the same. Fig.- 4 is an end view of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan viewof one of the reversible slides. Fig. 6 is a similar view of another slide, which may be utilized in carrying out my invention.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 represents the frame of the camera back providedwith an opening 2, and se cured to the frame 1 is a similar frame 3 which is spaced from the frame 1 sufficiently to form a guideway between them for the slides 4. Longitudinal strips 5 are secured to the frame member 3, and vertical guide forming an intermediate space in which is fitted the frame 7, having a ground glass pane- 8 therein. Proecting out from the centerof the strip 5 is a oss 9, and secured centrally Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Inns 4, 1907.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Serial No. 377,230.

to said boss by means of the screws 10, is a double leaf spring 11 for holding the ground glass in place.

The slide 4 is provided with an opening 4 therein and is designed to be used with the plate holder by placing the same in the guideway between the members 1 and 3 with the exposure opening 4 located at one corner of the ground glass 8 After the exposure has been made at this point, the slide 4 is moved to the opposite side or corner of the glass 8, and after this exposure has been made, the slide 4 is inverted or reversed to make exposures at the bottom of the late.'

Such a slide may be used in case that it'is required to make small pictures in three horizontal lines across the film in which case a slide similar to 4 would be used forthe four corner pictures, and a slide having a smaller opening for the two central outside pictures would be utilized, the slide 5 being used for producing the central line of exposures.

As shown in Fig. 4 the frame is provided with a slot for the slides instead of being formed of two separate members 1 and 3, as shown in the other figures.

- From the foregoing it will be obvious that by using separate slides I can produce the replate by merely moving the slides and reversing them from either side of the plate holder.

My invention is of a simple character, is

central line of pictures upon the plate.

,quired number of pictures upon the same comparatively inexpensive to produce and is quick and rehable in operation.

I claim is:

A back for photographic cameras having an opening therein, a frame secured in spaced relation to the back to form aguide- Having thus described theinvention, what- .way,.a slide mounted in the guide-way and having an opening therein of areduced area to the Opening formed in the back, longitu- In testimony whereof,I affix my signature dingl stri ssecurglintobthe framie, lvertical in presence of two witnesses. gui e strips exten etween t e ongitus dine l strips, a. removaifle frame mounted be- BERTRAM W ALKER' 5 tween the strips, a ground glass fitted in Witnesses:

the frame, and @hetographic plate holding W. B. SHOE-'1', springs carried. by said. removable frame. F. J. ALLEN. 

